5I6 WT= Bam I CONJOINT EXAMINING BOARD IN ENGLAND. [AUG. 23, 1902. Fourth Examination (at the end of the fourth year).- must be spent in professional study, after passing the re- Pharmacology, , Forensic , Toxicology, and quired Preliminary Examination, of which six months may . Two years' hospital work must have been be spent at an institution recognized by the Board for in- accomplished, and the following course attended: Medicine struction in Chemistry, or one year may be spent at an insti- and (two each), Hygiene and Public Health. Patho- tution recognized by the Board for instruction in Chemistry logy, Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Midwifery, Gynaec- and Biology. The candidate must pass an examination in ology, Forensic Medicine. subjects of Preliminary Education before entering the medical Inal Examination.-Medicine, Surgery, Midwifery, Gynaec- school (see page 510). For institutions from which certificates ology, Mental Diseases, and . Attendance on are accepted by the Conjoint Board see p. 544. General Hospital for a year after the passing of the Fourth Examination, also attendances at Fever Hospital, Lunatic FIRST PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION. Asylum, Vaccination, courses of Ophthalmology, Medical and The examination consists of three parts: (i) Chemistry and Surgical Anatomy, and Operative Surgery. Physics, (2) Practical , (3) Elementary Biology. A candidate may take this examination in three parts at DEGREES OF AND MASTER OF different times, or he may present himself for the whole at SURGERY. one time, or he may take Practical Pharmacy at any time during Candidates for either of these Degrees will be required the curriculum. either: (A) To present a Thesis, embodying original observa- A candidate is required to produce evidence of having re- tions in some subject embraced in the medical curriculum ceived instruction in each of the above-mentioned subjects. and approved by a Board of medical examiners to whom the A candidate referred in any part or parts will not be admitted Thesis will subsequently be submitted-on the report of to re-examination for three months. If referred in Chemistry which Board the Degree will be awarded or withheld. The or Biology he must produce evidence of further instruction. candidate will be examined on the subject which he has A candidate who produces evidence of having passed an ex- chosen for his Thesis, and the examiners may require to see amination for a degree in Medicine on any of the subjects the notes of original observations on which the Thesis is based. in this examination at a university in the United Kingdom, (B) To pass a general examination (written and practical) in India, or a British colony will be exempt from examination Medicine or Surgery, accordiig to the Degree desired, and, in on the subjects in which he has passed. addition, to show special proficiency in any one of the follow- ing subjepts to be chosen by the candidate: SECOND PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION. For the Degree ofM.D.-(a) Infectious Diseases, (b) Diseases The subjects of this examination are Anatomy and Physi- of the Chest, (c) Diseases of the Abdomen, (d) Nervous ology, and both must be passed at the same time. A candi- Diseases, (e) Diseases of Children, (f) Midwifery, (g) Pathology, date must have passed Parts I and III of the First (h) Bacteriology, (i) Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, Examination at leastnine months (one winter and one summer (j) Public Health, (k) Mental Diseases, (1) Diseases of the session) earlier, and have attended during two winter sessions Skin. and one summer session (or fifteenmonths during the ordinary For the Degree of M. Ch.-(a) Regional Surgery, (b) Gynaeco- sessions) at a recognized lectures on Anatomy, logy, (c) Ophthalmology, (d) Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Physiology, and a course of Practical Physiology and Histology, Throat. and have dissected for twelve months during the ordinary DEGREE IN PUBLIC HEALTH. sessions. If rejected, a candidate, before being admitted to For the Regulations for Degree and for the Diploma in the re-examination, must continue his studies for not less than eame subject see p. 551. three months. FEES. Matriculation, £2; First Examination, £5; Second, £5; THIRD OR FINAL PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION. Third, £'; Fourth, £3; Final, £5. The composition fee for This examination consists of three parts: Part I. Medicine, the University course is 8o guineas. including Medical Anatomy, Pathology, Practical Pharmacy,' Entrance Scholarships.-Sands Cox, 40 guineas awarded to the Therapeutics, Forensic Medicine, and Public Health; candidate whn obtains the highest marks at the June Part II, Surgery, including Pathology, Surgical Anatomy, Matriculation Examination. Sydenham Scholarships, one or and the use of Surgical Appliances; Part III, Midwifery and more annually, restricted to orphan sons of medical men, .2 The examination may be passed at one time elected by the Council, on the recommendation of the or in each part separately. Evidence of attendance at courses Medical Faculty, 40 guineas. of instruction in the subjects of the three parts must be pro- The Winter Session begins on October ist, 1902, and duced, and also of attendance on twenty labours The candi- terminates on March 28th, 1903. date must have passed the Second Examination two years The Summer Session commences on the 21st of April, I903, previously, and have spent five years in professional study and terminates on the 27th of June, 1903. subsequent to passing the required Preliminary Examination. Further particulars may be obtained by application to A rejected candidate must produce evidence of further in- Professor Windle, Dean of the Medical Faculty, at the struction during three months. Universitv. All applications with reference to the examinations for the Licence of the Royal College of of London and to the diploma of Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of THE ENGLISH COLLEGES, England should be addressed to the Secretary, Examination Hall, Victoria Embankment, London, W.C. (telegraphic THE Medical Corporations in England arp the Royal College address, "Conjoint," London), from whom also synopses of of Physicians of London, the Royal College of Sargeons some of the subjects can be obtained. of England, and the Society of Apothecaries of London. The two Royal Colleges now co-operate to hold a series of REGULATIONS FOR COLONIAL, INDIAN, OR FOREIGN examinations, on passing which the candidate receives the CANDIDATES AND UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES. diplomas of of the Royal College of Physicians A person holding a colonial, Indian, or foreign qualification (L.R.C.P.), and Member of the Royal College of Surgeons which entitles him to practise in the country-where such (M.R.C.S.). The Society of Apothecaries grants its diploma qualification has been obtained, is, after a course of study separately. and examination equivalent to those required by the Regula- tions of the two Royal Colleges, admissible to the Second CONJOINT EXAMINING BOARD IN ENGLAND. and Third or Final Examinations, without any interval. A candidate who desires to obtain the Licence of the Royal 1 Candidates who have previously passed in Practical Pharmacy will not College of Physicians of London and the diploma of Member be re-examined in that subject at the Third Examination. of the Royal College of Surgeons of England is required to 2 Candidates maypresent themselves for examination in Midwifery and pass three professional examinations, and to produce evidence Diseases of Women at any time after the completion of the fourth year of professional study at a medical school, and not less than one year after of having passed through a stated course of instruction at tile passing of the Second Examination, on production of the required a recognized medical school. The full period of five years certificates. AUJGE. 23, Io2.1 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. rMDIL JOURNAL 517 Members of an English, Scotch, or Irish LTniversity are under of January, April, July, and October. The Final Examina certain conditions eligible for admission to the Third or tion is held monthly. Final Examination two years after passing at their University Primary Examination.-This examination consists of two the subjects included in the First and Second Examination of parts: Part I includes (a) Elementary Biology (oral only), the Board. (b) Chemistry, Chemical Physics, Practical Chemistry; A Doctor or Bachelor of Medicine or Surgery of an Indian, (c) Pharmacy. A synopsis indicating the range of the sub- Colonial, or foreign University recognized for the purpose, jects in the examination will be sent with the regulations on who shall have passed at his University in the subjects of the application. This examination may be passed any time before First and Second Examinations will be eligible for admission or after registration as a medical student. No professional to the Third or Final Examination two years after passing in studies commencedbeforeregistration will be recognized as the said subjects. part of the medical course. Should the candidate not suc- FEEs, DATES, ETC. ceed in passing in all the subjects of the examination, he will First Examination, £,io ios. Re-examination, Part I, £3 38., be referred only in the subject or subjects in which he fails. Parts II, III, each £2 28. Second Examination, £io I08. Re- Part II includes Anatomy, Physiology, and Histology. This examination, £6 6s. Third Examination, £21. Re-examina- examination cannot be passed before the completion of tion, Part I, Medicine, £5 5s. Practical Pharmacy, £2 28. twelve months' Practical Anatomy, with demonstrations. Part II, Surgery, £5 58. Part III, £3 35. Members of an These subjects cannot be taken separately except in the English, Scottish, or Irish University, £5 5s.; for the event of the candidate having previously passed in one. A diplomas, £36 158. schedule of the Primary Examination, to be obtained of the The examinations are held in January, April, July, and Secretary, must be signed by the Dean of the Medical School October. A book of questions set at the several examinations or other authority. Candidates will be excused any or all the is published annually and can be obtained from Messrs. subjects of the Primary Examination on producing evidence Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London, that they have passed equivalent examinations before any E.C. examining body recognized by the Society. Candidates referred in Anatomy will be required to produce evidence of ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. further work in the dissecting room before being admitted to Ticentiates.-Candidates for the Licence are now subject re-examination. to the regulations of the Conjoint Examining Board in Final Examination (Sec. I).-This examination consists of England. three parts. Part I includes: The Principles and Practice of Members.-The Membership of the College is granted after Surgery, Surgical Pathology, Operative Manipulation, Sur- examination to graduates in Medicine of recognized Univer- gical Anatomy, Instruments and Appliances. Part II in- sities, or to Licentiates of the College, being above the age of cludes: (a) The Principles and Practice of Medicine (including 25 years, who do not engage in trade, do not dispense Therapeutics, Pharmacology, and Prescriptions), Pathology, medicine, and who do not practise in partnership. Under and Morbid Histology; (b) Forensic Medicine, Hygiene, the provisions of the Medical Act of x886 the diploma of Theory and Practice of Vaccination, and Mental Diseases. Membership is not registrable at the present time as a Candidates passing either (a) or (b) will not be re-examined primary qualification, and is therefore granted only to therein. Part III: Midwifery, Gynaecology, and Diseases of persors already registered, or who have passed the Final Newborn Children, Obstetric Instruments and Appliances. Examination for the Licence. Sec. I of the Final Examination cannot be passed before the The examination, which is held in January, April, July, and expiration of 45 months after registration as a medical stu- October, is partly written and partly oral. It is directed to dent, during which time not less than three winter sessions and Pathology and the practice of Physic, and is conducted by the two summer sessions must have been passed at one or more of President and Censors. Candidates under 4o are examined the medical schools connected with a general hospital recog- in Latin, and either Greek, French, or German. Candidates nized by the Society. over 4o are not so examined, and the examination in Medicine Final Examination (Sec. II).-This examination consists of may in their case be modified under conditions to be ascer- two parts: Part 1, Clinical Surgery; Part II, Clinical Medi- tained by application to the Registrar. The fee for the cine and Medical Anatomy. This examination cannot be Membership is £42, but if the candidate is a Licentiate the passed before the end of the fifth year. fee is the difference between what he has already paid and Information as to the details of the course of study £42. In either case £6 6s. is paid before examination. required may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Court of Examiners, Apothecaries' Hall, Blackfriars, E.C. The Examination offices are open from lo to 4, Saturdays ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. lO to I. Membership.-Candidates who registered on or after October -ee, /2I.--Primary Examination, LbIO ios.; Final Examina. ist, 1884, are now subject to the regulations of the Conjoint tion, Lio Ios. Board. Fellowship.-The Fellowship of the College of Surgeons is granted after examination to persons at least 25 years of age who have been engaged in professional studies for six years. THE SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES, There are two examinations-the first in Anatomy and Physi- IT will be convenient to give the regulations for Edinburgh ology, which may be passed after the third winter session; more in detail, and then briefly indicate points of difference the second, chiefly directed to Surgery, which may be passed as regards the other three Universities. after six years of professional study. Candidates must pass the Final Examination of the Examining Board in England TJNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. and be admitted Members of the College before admission to The following regulations apply to all who began their the Second Examination for the Fellowship, except in the studies after October ist, 1892. case of Graduates in Medicine and Surgery, of not less than Four degrees in Medicine and Surgery are conferred- four years' standing, of universities recognized by the College namely, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Doctor of for the purpose. Medicine, and Master of Surgery. The degree of M.B. is not Feet.-At First Examination: £5 5s. At Second Examina- conferred separately from Ch.B., and vice versa, but M.D. and tion: £ 12 I 2S. Diploma fee: Members, £3 38.; non-Members, Ch.M. are separable. £13 138. Further information can be obtained on application to the Secretary, Examination Hall, Victoria Embankment, PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. London, W.C. This must be passed before beginning medical study: the subjects are: (i) English'; (2) Latin, Translation and Pars- SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON. The examinations are Primary and Final. The Primary 1 In English no set books are prescribed, nor is a general knowledge of the life and works of the greater authors expected of candidates, but one Examination is held quarterly on the first Wednesday, and or two questions may be set, giving an opportunity to candidates to show on the Monday and Thursday in the same week, in the months a knowledge of famous literary works. The historical questions will not